£25,700 worth of Project Support Grants was awarded on Thursday 1st November by the Community Support and Grants Committee to 17 groups and organisations throughout the county of Berkshire.
Below there is the list of groups whose projects benefited from this grant making stream, the unitary authority they are in and the amount of money they got:
Woodley Lookout Community Development Scheme To buy a generator for Community Information Vehicle | Wokingham | £2,000 |
Chinese Oriental Community Association To provide IT, Tai Chi and other classes | Windsor & Maidenhead | £1,800 |
Wokingham & District Citizens Advice Burea To provide IT and Communication equipment in new building | Wokingham | £2,000 |
AMAN Group To pay for room hire and dressmaking classes | Slough | £1,000 |
S.M.I.L.E Club A contribution towards Christmas Event for the elderly | Windsor & Maidenhead | £1,000 |
Relate Berkshire To pay for training for 6 counsellors | Countywide | £1,500 |
Slough YMCA Towards the cost of temporary accommodation | Slough | £2,000 |
Christ the Worker Community Hall To help pay for the cost of new kitchen equipment | Slough | £1,400 |
Reading Male Voice Choir Towards the cost of new uniform jackets | Reading | £2,000 |
Dogs for the Disabled Aftercare support and training for those with disabilities | Countywide | £1,600 |
Good Companions Club Transport for homebound members to weekly meetings | Reading | £1,900 |
Adult Dyslexia Centre Towards IT equipment for new offices | Countywide | £1,000 |
31 Vauxhall Drive Residents Association Towards IT equipment and software for Disabled residents | Wokingham | £1,996 |
Whitley Green Residents Association To upgrade the computer and support the elderly at Christmas | Reading | £750 |
Spencer’s Wood Village Hall A contribution towards the new disabled toilets | Wokingham | £2,000 |
Relate Mid-Thames and Bucks A contribution towards specialist training | Windsor & Maidenhead | £1,000 |
Facing it Together Towards developing members of this group for Young Widows | West Berkshire | £754 |